Padmashri
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Father of modern yoga B.K.S. Iyengar passes away
India | Aug 20, 2014, 10:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, founder of the 'Iyengar Yoga' passed away at a private hospital in Pune on Wednesday.The 96-year-old yoga exponent was admitted to the intensive care unit in Pune for poor
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Government invites nominations for Padma Awards
India | Jul 23, 2014, 11:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has invited nominations for various categories of Padma awards for 2015.It has asked interested people to send their applications by September 15.The process of receipts of nominations for the Padma awards, 2015,
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Wear loin cloth if against Westernism, designer tells Goa minister
National | Jul 04, 2014, 06:52 PM ISTPanaji: The controversy over a Goa cabinet minister's demand to ban mini-skirts and bikinis in order to "protect Goan culture" refuses to die down, with ace fashion designer Wendell Rodricks asking him to to wear
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Visva Bharati VC not awarded Padma Shri: RTI
India | May 30, 2014, 02:14 PM ISTKolkata: The government has not awarded Padma Shri to Visva Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Datta Gupta, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has said in an RTI reply.“Prof Sushanta Datta Gupta has not been awarded
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Odisha candidate barred from using Padma Shri as title
India | Apr 08, 2014, 01:00 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Dilip Tirkey, a former member of the Indian hockey team who is contesting from Sundergarh Lok Sabha constituency on a Biju Janata Dal ticket, has been barred from using the Padma Shri award as
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Manna Dey's last rites to be performed in Bangalore (see pics)
Bollywood | Oct 24, 2013, 01:44 PM ISTBangalore: India's legendary playback singer Manna Dey passed away early Thursday after a prolonged illness at a private hospital here. He was 94."Mannada breathed his last around 4 a.m. after his condition suddenly deteriorated in
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Amitabh Bachchan to get Global Diversity Award
Bollywood | Sep 11, 2013, 05:34 PM ISTMumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the Global Diversity Award in Delhi Wednesday.The 70-year-old will also take a tour around the parliament house."Tomorrow (Wednesday) there is more activity and honour coming my way,
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Sridevi's grand 50th birthday celebrations
Bollywood | Aug 18, 2013, 05:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Love is not bound by age. Filmmaker Boney Kapoor has proved it by deciding to throw a lavish party to celebrate his wife and actress Sridevi's birthday along with politician, Amar Singh. It
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The forgotten hero of Indian sports: Prakash Padukone
Other Sports | Jul 28, 2013, 06:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: Born on June 10, 1955, in Bangalore, Prakash Padukone played badminton for India for three long decades. He gave Indian badminton a new path and took it to great heights.Lets take a look
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Boney plays peacemaker, brings Sridevi, Srilatha closer
Bollywood | Apr 26, 2013, 10:58 AM ISTMumbai, April 26 : The legal and property disputes between Sridevi and her sister Srilatha are a thing of the past. Now they have established a comfort level with each other, thanks to Boney Kapoor's
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Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma awards
India | Apr 20, 2013, 05:45 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 20:President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday conferred the Padma awards on several eminent personalities including industrialist Adi Godrej, Olympic medal winners Yogeshwar Dutt and Vijay Kumar, actor Nana Patekar and designer Ritu Kumar.Professor
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Padma Shri came as pleasant surprise: Sridevi
Bollywood | Jan 28, 2013, 02:36 PM ISTMumbai, Jan 28 : Bollywood diva Sridevi, who lately made a comeback to acting after 16 years of domesticity with "English Vinglish", says "acknowledgement" and "recognition from authoritative quarters are important to every artiste"."It's my
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Playback singer Sudha Malhotra awarded Padma Shri
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2013, 11:50 AM ISTChennai, Jan 26: Playback singer Sudha Malhotra, known for films such as "Dhool Ka Phool", "Barsaat Ki Raat" and "Prem Rog", has been named for the Padma Shri award on the eve of 64th Republic
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Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan gets a Padma Shri at the age of 105
India | Jan 26, 2013, 07:02 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 26: At the age of 105, Hindustani vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan was today chosen for this year's Padma Shri award, achieving the distinction of being the oldest person to get a
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Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Jaspal Bhatti, Rahul Dravid, Sridevi among Padma awardees
Bollywood | Jan 26, 2013, 06:38 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 25: Actors Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna and Sridevi, comedian Late Jaspal Bhatti, ex-cricketer Rahul Dravid and Urdu poet Nida Fazli figure among the list of Padma awardees this year. Following is the full
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BCCI recommends Dravid, Gambhir for Padma awards
Cricket | Aug 27, 2012, 05:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 27: The BCCI has decided to recommend the names of former Indian captain Rahul Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir's names for the prestigious Padma Bhusan and Padma Shri awards respectively.According to a
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Nehru Era Photographer Sunil Janah Gets Padma Shri Twice In Major Goofup
India | Jan 28, 2012, 09:23 AM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 28: The Indian Express reported on Saturday that a well-known photographer of the Nehruvian era, Sunil Janah has been awarded the Padma Shri award twice, first in 1972, and now again in
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Sehwag, Vijender And Saina Get Padma Shri
Cricket | Jan 25, 2010, 08:05 PM ISTExplosive cricketer Virender Sehwag, star boxer Vijender Singh and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal are among the six sportspersons who were selected for the Padma Shri awards on Monday . Apart from the trio, country's only
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Rupan Deol Bajaj Wants KPS Gill's Padmashri Taken Back
India | Jan 05, 2010, 08:28 PM ISTThe Centre's decision to strip police officers convicted of 'moral terpitude' of medals and awards fuelled a demand by an ex-woman IAS officer today that the Padma Shri award be taken back from Punjab's former